Bighead: Airbnb's Machine Learning Platform with Atul Kale - TWiML Talk #198

This article introduces Bighead, Airbnb's internal machine learning platform, through a discussion with Atul Kale, an Engineering Manager at Airbnb. The conversation focuses on the ML lifecycle within Airbnb and how Bighead supports it. The article highlights the platform's major components, best practices for scaling machine learning, and a significant announcement made at the Strata conference. The focus is on the practical application of machine learning within a large company and the infrastructure required to support it.

• •Bighead is Airbnb's internal machine learning platform.
• •The article discusses the ML lifecycle at Airbnb and how Bighead supports it.
• •The conversation covers major components of Bighead and scaling best practices.